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greatly forwards the cure. His manger 

 Ih^uld be kept clean, by filling it with 

 ftraw ♦, his hay well fhook and fprinkled 

 with water, and given in fmall quanti- 

 ties : for his breathing, at this time, 

 taints the hay, and then he will not touch 

 it. 



To a horfc loaded with flefli, a rowel 

 may fometimes be neceflary ♦, as may alfo 

 a gentle purge or two, to fome, when 

 the diflemper is gone off. 



C H A P. IV, 

 Of FEVERS in generaL 



AS I piirpofely avoid giving defcrip- 

 tions of difeafes, or fo much as 

 guefTing at the caufes within, which bring 

 them about, I fliall immediately enter 

 upon the fymptoms which denote a fimple 

 fever prefent. T^efe are great refllefs-^pj^e ^,.^ 

 nefs, the horfe ranging from one end ofptcms of 

 his rack to the other; his flanks beat ;f"e\'er. 

 his eyes are red and inflamed ; his tongue 

 parched and dry ; his breath is hot, and 

 imells ftrong ; he lofes his appetite, and 

 nibbles his hay, but don't chew it, and is 

 frequently fmclling to the ground ; the 



whole 



